Ringtail

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ringtail \Ring"tail`\, n.
     1. (Zool.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the
        tail, as the hen harrier.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a


        boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also {ringsail}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Ringtail boom} (Naut.), a spar which is rigged on a boom for
        setting a ringtail.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ringtail
       n 1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the
            southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with
            black and white rings [syn: {bassarisk}, {cacomistle}, {cacomixle},
             {coon cat}, {raccoon fox}, {ring-tailed cat}, {civet
            cat}, {miner's cat}, {Bassariscus astutus}]
       2: North American raccoon [syn: {common raccoon}, {common
          racoon}, {coon}, {Procyon lotor}]
       3: monkey of Central America and South America having a cowl of
          thick hair on the head [syn: {capuchin}, {Cebus capucinus}]
       4: an immature golden eagle